Seoul (VNA) – National Assembly
(NA) Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu led an NA delegation to attend the second Meeting
of Speakers of Eurasian Countries' Parliaments (MSEAP) in Seoul, the Republic
of Korea (RoK), on June 27.

The event, co-chaired by Chairman of the
State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin and Speaker of the RoK National
Assembly Chung Sye-kyun, saw the participation of 28 delegations from European
and Asian nations.

Speaking at the meeting, Luu affirmed that
with its huge potential, the Eurasian region plays an important role in
ensuring peace and stability and bringing in common prosperity in the region
and the world.

He stressed the need for Eurasian nations
to build a general orientation, stepping up integration and intensify
inter-regional cooperation comprehensively.

To reach these targets, it is essential to
promote the role of multilateral cooperation mechanisms among governments and
parliaments to deal with common challenges, protect countries’ legitimate
interests, and boost mutually-beneficial collaboration on the basis of
international law and common standards.

The Vietnamese official emphasised that
Vietnam, with its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, and
diversification and multilateralisation of international relations, is willing
to actively participate in the regional and international integration process.

It hopes to collaborate closely with
Eurasian countries in the fields of education and training, science and
technology, while willingly supporting inter-regional cooperation initiatives,
Luu stated.

The Vietnamese National Assembly wants to
further intensify its relations with parliaments of Eurasian countries in order
to improve its legal system and promote its role of representing the Vietnamese
people.

He also took the occasion to raise several
issues for discussion, including measures to intensify regional and
inter-regional economic connectivity, foster the global multilateral trading
system, and speed up Eurasian cooperation in technology transfer, environmental
protection and climate change response.

The second MSEAP approved the Seoul
Declaration which emphasised that the parties involved agreed to make more
efforts to improve roles and functions of parliaments and expand
inter-parliamentary cooperation to contribute to the prosperity of the region
and the world.

In the declaration, the countries also
committed to boosting cooperation in the fields of energy, human resources and
people-to-people exchange, while supporting dialogue for economic integration
and measures taken by the United Nations and the Inter-parliamentary Union in
handling global challenges.-VNA